Our Work

WRI works with federal policymakers in the Executive branch and on Capitol Hill to develop national legislation to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the short- and long-term.

The U.S. Climate Business Group builds strategies for companies to thrive in a carbon-constrained economy.

Reducing human and ecosystem vulnerability to the impacts of climate change.

This project’s goal is to reverse the impacts of aquatic eutrophication by assessing its global extent, identifying its causes, and providing policy strategies and solutions.

This project seeks to improve coastal resource management and coral reef protection by providing comprehensive information on land-based sources of threat to the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef.

Developing indicators to manage water for people and nature. Special focus is placed on balancing water-use between the agriculture sector and freshwater ecosystems, highlighting the importance of sustaining functioning ecosystems.

Improving coastal resource management and coral reef protection by providing comprehensive information on land-based sources of threat to coral reefs.

The World Resources Report (WRR) provides policymakers around the world—government, civil society, and business—with analysis and insight about major environmental and development issues. World Resources Report 2008, Roots of Resilience: Growing the Wealth of the Poor continues the focus on poverty and the environment. The reality of global poverty is that it is rural and it is persistent: three-quarters of the 2.6 billion people living on less than $2 per day—almost 2 billion— live in rural areas; that number is virtually unchanged in 20 years.